Shoe-treating machine



Nov. 2', 1937. F. RICKS ET A1.

'SHOE TREATING MACHINE Filed Feb. 16, 1937 UNHTE SHQE-TREATENG MACHINE Fred Ricks and Frank Coleman Choice, Leicester, Engiand, assignors to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Appiication February 16, 1937, Serial No. 126,010 In Great Britain March 13, 1936 5 Claims. (Cl. 1251) This invention relates to apparatus for lastin mounting is Such t at Whe in inoperative p and treeing shoes and is disclosed as embodied in tion the tool rests against the nozzle through a machine of the type shown in the application which the hot gas blast is rushing, and is thus of W. N. Bray, Serial No. 5,898, filed February 11, heated by conduction, the nozzle being at a high 5 1935. temperature due to the presence of the hot gases 5 The machine mentioned is for the purpose, p s ro the no 5 We ave among others, of removing rinkles from th upcated the operative position of the hot ironing tool per materials of lasted shoes. The lasting operadirectly in the Stream Of hOt gas issuing m tion, even when carefully performed, is liable to e nozzle S a When moved to this p n the 10 leave wrinkles in the upper at various localities, mp r of the tool s maintained, or p p 10 and an object of the invention of Bray was to even raised, y the hot t, blastis shrink such wrinkles out of the upper by a blast t y divertedfTOm the Shoeof hot gas, taking advantage of the then dampened Advahtageously, We have Provided hinged condition of the upper. The Bray apparatus mounting for the hot ironing tool so designed that 5. comprises a casing into which gas and air are n the t001 1S S t0 Operative position, and 15 introduced and burned together under pressure, pp 0 the Work, the Operative Pressure pand a nozzle through which the hot products of p i to h w rk through i y h p r r i no combustion, together with additional air, if detransmitted back to the eperedters fingers, t S sired, are blown at a substantial velocity against res y t main y of t apparatus- -S the wrinkled portion of the shoe upper, considerable strain and weariness to the operator -20 While this machine has been quite effective in e av V shrinking away wrinkles left in the upper by the These and other features of the inventioncomlasting operation, it has been found that more care p g Certain Combinations and nts than can be reasonably expected of the type of of pa ts will be app r the fOIIOWiIIg d operator obtainable for such work is required in scription of a preferred embodiment of the inven- 25 the treatment of especially large or deep wrinkles. tion shown in the drawing, in Which The operator has a tendency to attempt to rel s a S e elevation;

duce such wrinkles too rapidly, applying the hot F g- 2 1S p blast too vigorously and at too high a temperature, Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III of Fig. l;

with the result that he may burn the upper leather and 30 and spoil the shoe. 1 Fig. 4 is a front elevation.

It is an important object of the present inven- The hot air generating apparatus may contion to provide an apparatus by which the advanveniently be of the form shown in the Bray applitages of the method :of treatment provided by cation already mentioned, and is not shown in de- Bray may be retained while providing additional tail herein. It comprises/a hand grip l0 provided 35 means effective in the treatment of heavy with nipples i2, M for the sup-ply of air and gas wrinkles. To this end .we have provided a hot sp y, gas pp communicating ironing tool, for the treatment of such cases, with a pipe it for conveying the gas to a valve ll mounted upon the nozzle of a hot gas blast apat the rear end of a casing [8 in whichthe gas is 40 paratus. burned and its products of combustion are mixed 40 An important feature of the invention resides with air in any desired proportions as theypassout in the mounting of the hot ironing tool. We have, to regulate the temperature of the resulting mixin the illustrated embodiment of the invention, so ture. This resulting hot mixture of gases is de mounted the ironing tool on the hot gas blast aplivered through a nozzle 20 in a blast which may be i paratus that it is movable, by a movement of the directed upon the work by suitable manipulation 45 operators fingers, from an inoperative to an of the hand grip Ill. For further information operative position, so that the operator can bring reference may be made to the Bray application it into use or discard it with a minimum of trouabove mentioned. ble. It isthrown intoaconvenient operative posi- A supporting clip 22 is clamped around the tion by a trigger, against the tension of a suitable front end of the nozzle 20 and has two links 2% 50 spring, and, on release of the trigger, automatipivoted to it at 25 under ears 21 at the sides cally moves back into inoperative position. I of the nozzle 20. The other ends of the links M Conveniently the ironing tool of the present inare pivoted at 28 to the rearside portion of the vention is heated by the waste heat engendered ironing tool 39. The tool 30 has substantially in the hot gas blast apparatus. To this end the the outline of an ordinary flat iron, as is seen 55 upper ends of a forked lever 38, which is pivoted at 45' in notches in the forked front end of a bracket 42 fastened to the hand grip ill. The

lower end of the lever 38 is extended below the pivots 48 into a finger grip 44. A spring 46 connects the lever 35 to an abutment on the bracket 42, and holds the lever 38 and iron '35 in the full line inoperative position shown in Fig. 1, with a face t on the rear sideof the iron in contact with the nozzle 20.

The ironing tool in this position is kept .hot

by heat radiated from the nozzle 20, and con ducted through the nozzle and the face .59. When it is desired to put the iron into use the operator pulls on the extension 44 with his forefinger, which moves the lever 38, link 24, and iron 38 into the dotted line positions .:in.Fig. 1, with the links 2 resting against the bosses 52 of the ears 21. This brings the ironing tool 30 directly in front of the nozzle where the hot air blast will maintain and perhaps increase its temperature, and will be diverted from the shoe. When the operator has finished using the ironing tool he will release the extension 44, and the spring GE will :snap the tool back into the inoperative full line position of Fig. 1. 7

in practice the operator will use the apparatus as described in the Bray application referred to, shrinking out the wrinkles in the upper by apply-- ing the hot air blast to the wrinkled portions. In case a wrinkle is encountered which is too pronounced to yield readily to the hot air blast alone, he will throw the ironing tool 36 into operative position and rub such a wrinkle down with it.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States is:v

1. An apparatus for use in operating on shoes comprising a tubular member adapted to conduct a stream of hot gas and to direct it upon a shoe, and an ironing tool mounted thereon and'having an inoperative position substantially in contact with the tubular member and an operative position remote from-the tubular member and directly in the path of the stream of hot gas, whereby the tool is heated by conduction through the tubular member when in inoperative position and is heated directly by the stream of hot gas when in operative position.

2. An apparatus for use in operating on shoes comprising a tubular member adapted to conduct a stream of hot gas and to direct it upon a shoe, an ironing tool mounted thereon and having an inoperative position substantially in contact with the tubular member and an operative position remote from the tubular member and directly in the path of the stream of hot gas, and a manually operable-member for moving the ironing tool from inoperative to operative position. 7

3. An apparatus for use in operating on shoes comprising atubular member adapted to conduct a stream of hot gas .and to direct it upon a shoe, an ironing tool mounted thereon and having an inoperative position substantially in contact with the tubular member and an operative position remote from the tubular member and directly the path of the stream of hot gas, and a manually operable member for moving the ironing tool from inoperative to operative position, said ironing tool being resiliently held in inoperative position.

4. An apparatus for use in operating on shoes comprising a tubular member adapted to conduct a stream of hot gas and to direct it upon a shoe, and an ironing tool mounted thereon and having an inoperative position substantially in contact with the tubular member and an operative position remote from the tubular member and directly .in the path of the stream of hot gas, whereby the tool is heated by radiation from the tubular member when in inoperative position and is heated directly by the stream of hot gas when in operative position and whereby the s'trea1n of hot gas is diverted from the shoe when the ircning tool is in operative position.

5. An apparatusfor use in operating on shoes comprising a tubular member adapted to con-' duct a stream of hot gas and to direct it upon a shoe, and an ironing tool pivotally mounted thereon and having an inoperative position remote from the part of the hot gas blast and isvzinga-ble on its pivotal mounting to an operative position directly in the :path of the hot gas blast, said pivotal mounting-providing an abutment constructed and arranged to take the pressure transmitted from a shoe through the ironing tool when the tool is in operative position and is applied to a shoe. w

FRED RIcKs; ,7 V "FRANK COLEMAN CHOICE. 

